Real estate · Small-town market · Oklahoma
Real estate businesses in the Tahlequah, OK area
The real estate businesses in the Tahlequah, OK area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #249 of 536 scored small-town markets
#7 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 50
- 3 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $249.9M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,367 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 115
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.7
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 49,196
- +4.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 50 real estate businesses in the Tahlequah area. Chain locations make up 6% of them, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 26.7, 31% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Tahlequah area comes to about $249.9M a year: $13,367 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 15% above the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate businesses take in.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Tahlequah area in 2023. That is one for every 1,700 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 126 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Tahlequah area grew 4.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate businesses, the Tahlequah area has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #249 of 536 scored small-town markets and #7 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma.
How the Tahlequah area compares
The same measures for Oklahoma and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Tahlequah area | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.7 | 31.6 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 115 | 105 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,700 | 530 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.4% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.5% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,367 | $14,392 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $53,218 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $909K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 126Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 503 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 58The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Tahlequah area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Tahlequah area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 49,196+4.5% since 2020
- Households
- 18,698
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 749 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 64
- Median household income
- $53,218+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,290
- Median home value
- $168,500
- Jobs located here
- 13,276
- Daytime population
- 42,397Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oklahoma market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oklahoma for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with the Tahlequah area marked.
Top small-town markets in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Duncan, OK | 82 | 20 | 11.4 | 283 | +3.4% | #2 of 536 |
| 2Miami, OK | 68 | 13 | 10.9 | 270 | +0.7% | #58 of 536 |
| 3Shawnee, OK | 62 | 48 | 17.8 | 178 | +3.5% | #114 of 536 |
| 4Weatherford, OK | 55 | 27 | 17.8 | 181 | −0.7% | #194 of 536 |
| 5Altus, OK | 55 | 25 | 25.6 | 127 | +0.1% | #201 of 536 |
| 6Guymon, OK | 52 | 8 | 11.7 | 264 | −4.5% | #235 of 536 |
| 7Tahlequah, OK | 52 | 50 | 26.7 | 115 | +4.5% | #249 of 536 |
| 8Muskogee, OK | 51 | 50 | 19.4 | 155 | +0.7% | #254 of 536 |
| 9Durant, OK | 46 | 48 | 26.1 | 120 | +10.9% | #317 of 536 |
| 10Ponca City, OK | 42 | 40 | 23.8 | 133 | −0.3% | #367 of 536 |
Other business types in the Tahlequah area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate businesses are in the Tahlequah, OK area?
The Tahlequah area has 50 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts list 126 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Tahlequah, OK area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $249.9M a year, or $13,367 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 50 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 15% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,698 households in the Tahlequah area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Tahlequah, OK area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
The Tahlequah area has 26.7 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 115, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Tahlequah area would have about 58, against 50 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,700 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is the Tahlequah, OK area growing?
Population estimates put the Tahlequah area at 49,196 people in 2025, up 4.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,698 households. The median household income in the Tahlequah area is $53,218 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Tahlequah area scores 52 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #249 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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